Friday Foolishness – Angry Edition

I have nothing to say about my week. Except that work is hard. Sleep is fleeting. And blogs are fun! Here’s some of what I saw…Alex Autin took a hilarious road trip. Sharp Little Pencil wrote a powerful poem about child abuse that, even if you don’t know the story she shares, still packs a punch. The Epically Awesome Sights N Bytes gave me an epically awesome award of epic awesomeness award, which still isn’t near as cool as getting to read SnB’s stuff. And Natalie Elizabeth Beech nominated me for a Best Moment award. Check out their sites. Definitely good moments, all around.
Oh, and if you didn’t hear, DJ Matticushad a baby! Well, his wife did the birthing stuff, but still…

Thanks to them and everyone else for making my limited time in the sphere this week time well spent.

The Voodoo Maple Bacon Doughnut. Not a cupcake, but ridiculously delicious.

But last week, the question was cupcakes!!!. And from the answers, y’all are some very…creative…bakers! Here’s what you said. (As always, my comments are frosted in italics.)

Icing, real icing-not that whipped creamy stuff, real icing and maybe caramel…(Wait – so you don’t like real icing???)I’m having a difficult time getting my mind out of the gutter. (Frank)(That’s why we get along so well!)Love and a bit of spit from the baker… “so there’s a little bit of YOU in it!”(Are you sure that’s spit in the creamy frosting?)
(No, I didn’t just say that.)
(Move along…)Anything but SNOW and ICICLES 🙂 Yay… Andro(How about slush and mud? Fresh! Mmm…)“Dung.” Joe said this. – NicoleMarie(Is Joe on the Food Network?)“Poopysnot.” – Also Joe. (NicoleMarie)(Ah, no. Apparently he’s on Ren & Stimpy.)Love, MBT(WE HAVE A WINNER!!!)Hair balls-Don’t go there-I’m talking about my kid’s kitty Cupcake! (Stacy)(It’s very important to shave the cat before putting it in a cupcake.)ducken. B_T(Thank you for leaving out the Turd.)Love, love, love, do de doo . . . Benzeknees(Nono, the hash goes in the brownie recipe.)it’s broccoli, dude. 2 Cs, 1 L. WG(Actually, it’s Brocolli Man! My superpowers come from the typ- Oops. I’ve said too much.)Cupcake juice. – Hotspur(It it were anyone else, I’d think that was an innuendo…)Cupcakes are just a vector getting icing in my mouth. (rollergiraffe)(I believe the formula you need is √(x², y²)(sugar)/(awesome²))crack and crank, so we can stay up for days and eat more cupcakes PMAO(That won’t be enough for the munchies. I mean, so I’ve heard…)They are full of guilt because that’s all I feel after eating ’em. (UndercoverL)(I buy my cupcakes at Penance Bakery too!)Sit ups. The more you eat the flatter your stomach gets! Linda Vernon Humor(I’ve always found situps to be gristly.And a bit sinewy.)can i substitute gin for the vodka to go with the crushed dream filling?(Next you’ll want to substitute hope and joy too…)flour, egg, vanilla, sugar… thematticuskingdom(well sure, if you just want something tasty.)chocolate cake topped with peanut butter frosting. sandylikeabeach(That’s going to be one full cupcake!)Mayonnaise! Mwahaha! Surprise, that’s not cream cheese! Becca 25toFly(The truth about Junior’s downfall revealed…)Pie – calahan(There’s an awful lot of math here this week…)Blood, then no one would eat them. Just solved our obesity problem. –Lily In Canada(Or created a new “fat vampire” problem…)I like my cupcakes filled with little cupcakes…PMAO(Then wrapped in cupcakes and served on a bed on cupcakes?)Weight-loss pills. And chocolate. Carrie Rubin(Or chocolate flavored weight loss pills! (Anyone remember AYDS? Anyone?))BACON…….zannyro(Sorry, I thought that went without saying. In everything.)They are a terrific way to dispose of the bodies…with a grin. Red.(How do you dispose of bodies with frowns? Because I have a lot more of those…)Bacon! Twindaddy(That’s just the lard frosting talking…)LSD, Guap brains, and girl scouts – Rutabaga(Sounds like a delicious recipe. For a long prison sentence…)Chocolate (I’m saying it anyway), wine and crushed Doritos…yum. Rogue(Are “crushed Doritos” the new “crushed dreams”? Because if they are, despair never tasted so good!)DAVID BECKHAM! G(He’s starting to look like he’s been stuffed with a few too many cupcakes…)Peeps. Yellow Marshmallow ones not humans (Elyse 54.5)(Are the yellow ones ripe? Humans, not the Marshmallow ones…)angry birds (SnB)(Nono, the smartphone poll was two weeks ago.)

Congratulations to MBT for this week’s winning answer! (Yes, I can be that sentimental.) And from the offered choices, the most popular was Crushed dreams. And vodka. Because it really is all about the flavor.Recently, Michelle at Motley News posted a bunch of pictures of anti-protesters at Westboro Baptist Church protests. And it’s good to know that silliness and social responsibility can go hand in hand. It also go me thinking – what gets you mad enough to hold up as sign on a street corner?
So that’s this week’s poll. Get your answers in by 2359 EST on 4 April, because that’s when this one ends.
(And if you leave a way to recognize you in your “other” answer, I’ll link back to you next week.)

So the last few week(end)s were a bit more work-filled than I usually like. To keep my sanity, I’ve been listening to a lot of music. And some videos are very entertaining.
Here are two that always get a smile out of me.
First, I’m pretty sure we’ve seen the last of this band, but this is a fun tune and fun video they left behind.
And this is one of my girl’s favorites. Flamingos! With yoyos! What’s not to love?
Smile a lot, y’all, and hopefully I’ll be able to drag my ass out to see you a bit more next week…

A Voodoo Maple Bacon Doughnut?! Are you shitting me? I want that RIGHT now! I’m much to lazy to go out though, I’m pretty sure I can make one using the pineapple empanadas I picked up yesterday.
Loved the zombie protestors! How funny! I doubt they’ll be finding any brains around Westboro though….Enjoy your Zombie Jesus weekend Guapo! And remember to be Christ-like and turn the other cheek ….so I can eat the other side of your brain.

I was going to say how much I loved the Choreography in the first video…back when people really knew how to move….then I saw the Flamingo with the yoyo…I….am….blown….away……..incredible minds to come up with that…just incredible.
Have a better week next week…..fingers crossed…I’m hoping for one also.

All the exclamation marks that I could get out of this keyboard wouldn’t be enough to express how much I loved this. Rhapsody in Blue is possibly my all time favorite piece of music…..I would have loved to have met the mind that could write something so amazing and beautiful….and the animation and story in this is just wonderful….Thanks Guapo…we’ve had to say goodbye to two beloved pets in the last two weeks…and this just made me feel…….better. Thank you.

Me too…..our son brought home the cat from hell for the weekend…so at least he’s keeping me busy……I think he’s may be part Ninja…he just did a flying attack against my legs…..send me a card in the hospital will you…after he knocks me down and breaks my legs.

I’ve always wanted to try that donut. It looks so decadent and weird and awesome.

Love the Fantasia clip. True Story: when I was little my dad took me to a screening of the original Fantasia at a movie theater, and the dancing mushrooms scared me so bad I started crying and we had to leave. haha

That donut is worth trying just for the weird factor, Ashley.
The phoenix bit at the end of Fantasia always gets me. Fortunately,I was an adult when I saw it. (Which means I could defend myself against anyone who mocked my tears.)

I would hold up a sign complaining about all the other people who hold up signs, but it would also advertise a donut shop and I would spin it around… oh, and I would be dressed as a donut. It is called multitasking.

Would people still be able to read the spinning sign, PMAO?
Plus I don’t know how being a donut would go over. It’s professional-stereotyping, but there are lots of police at protests. Would they try and eat you if it were a long day?

I hope you’re eating that tray from Voodoo behind a locked door, Red. Otherwise we will find you!
Michael Eisner got ripped for trying to update Fantasia, but I think it was one of his better ideas at Disney.

Great music! I’m listening to it while wondering why that donut picture looks like a kidney draped in its own seared flesh. Hm. dunno. But it makes me hungry for chocolate covered pretzels! Hope the easter bunny is kind to you this year, Guap, and brings you lots of chocolate to hoard! 😉

haha! I love that Disney clip. If this blogging community ever decides to have a big ‘get together,’ I vote we have it at Disney World so we can run around like a bunch of kids. Go ahead and organize it, Guapo, I dare you.

Linda’s right, Friday Foolishness is always great and the best way to cap off the week – especially when it’s been crappy. The maple bacon bars look Yum!
Have a peaceful weekend, Guapo. You deserve it.
Grippy

Sounds like you had a week like mine. Which means, that this Good Friday is feeling pretty much like a great thing. As for that maple bacon donut? Dude, you’re killing me. That would be my last meal if I was sentenced to the electric chair. That, and a bottomless cup of coffee. Hey…a boy can try. As far as the WBC is concerned, I’m thinking that if there is a God? He ain’t guest listing these primates.

I’d ask for the donut instead of the chair, Cayman. The effect would be the same.
But if I ever do end up on death row, I’m asking for my last meal to be the all you can eat buffet. And then go back for one grain of rice at a time.
Should take a while…
hehehe

Guapo you got a lot of ‘splainin to do! I said love three times & you picked someone who said love one time as the winner? As soon as I read the question, immediately the lyrics of “All We Need” by the Beatles started going through my head, that’s why I sang the first line. 😉 Get some rest so your decision making will be up to your usually brilliant standards LOL

Great range of video treats. Bacon on a donut seems like a big YES too me. It would be interested be have a taste challenge with it and a grilled cheese donut! Enjoy your weekend and hope you time gets less consuming.

hey … we have a place here that does them. They were featured on Man vs Food, too! So hey — visit Cincinnati and we will have Cincinnati chili spaghetti, great hamburger, the best ice cream, and now this … a grilled cheese donut.

Work IS hard, and sleep is fleeting. Hope next week is less hard and more sleepy. With more bacon donuts! I had a maple bacon beer recently… I found out where I draw the maple bacon line. It is perfection in everything else, including salad.

That Genesis video always made me feel bad. I always felt like life was just hopeless for Pay Sajak… I mean Robin Williams…. I mean Phil Collins. (All those guys from the 80’s look the same.) It’s a good thing Phil Collins can sing. The rest of them are sh*t out of luck.